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Author | Norihiko, Ishikawa | |
Date Accessioned | 2019-11-05T21:21:46Z | |
Date Available | 2019-11-05T21:21:46Z | |
Date of Issue | 2007-07-05 | |
Identifier (Other) | International Publication # WO2007075882A3 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7526 | |
Description | Cardiac retractors include a rod having opposing forward and rearward portions and a length sufficient to position the rearward portion of the rod outside a patient's body and the forward portion inside a patient proximate a lumen of cardiac tissue. The forward portion comprises a distal curvilinear portion that is sized and configured to reside in the left atrium and lift a roof of the left atrium. The retractors may be sized and configured to enter the body through a single small incision into the trans-thoracic cavity. The devices may be sized and configured to reside in situ proximate the mitral valve site at a left atria to splint open the mitral valve in response to robotic controlled direction of a surgeon for a mitral valve repair. | en_US |
Language | en_US | en_US |
Related URI | https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007075882A3/en?oq=inassignee:%22Univ+East+Carolina%22 | en_US |
Subject | cardiac retractors | en_US |
Subject | surgery | en_US |
Title | Atraumatic curvilinear atrial retractors and related methods | en_US |
Type | Patent | en_US |